M1.7 earthquake 7 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 7 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma on Sun, Dec 12, 2021, 9:44 AM CST (15:44 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.9 11 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-12 15:44:01 UTC
- Depth
- 7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.758° N, 98.070° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Station coverage gap
- 111°
- Stations used
- 66
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 58 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.911 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1742 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1742 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.110 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1742 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.72 km WNW of Crescent, Oklahoma · 1740 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1739 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 1738 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1737 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1736 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.921 km NE of Chester, Oklahoma · 1729 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.96 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 1727 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 2.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1726 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1726 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.710 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 1724 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.78 km NNW of Milan, Kansas · 1724 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.13 km SE of Hunnewell, Kansas · 1723 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 1.69 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1722 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.111 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 1722 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.56 km NNE of Argonia, Kansas · 1721 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 6
- 2.18 km NNE of Argonia, Kansas · 1721 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km NE of Argonia, Kansas · 1721 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
- 1.67 km E of Marshall, Oklahoma · 1721 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.612 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 1720 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.62 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 1713 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 1.98 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 1713 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 1.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1713 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1712 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 1.93 km NNW of Covington, Oklahoma · 1712 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.23 km NNW of Covington, Oklahoma · 1712 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
- 1.97 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 1711 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1711 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 1.78 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1710 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.54 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1709 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.02 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1707 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1706 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1705 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.910 km E of Chester, Oklahoma · 1702 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.84 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1702 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.810 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 1699 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.83 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1697 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.66 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1696 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.57 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1695 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 4,769
- 1.76 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1695 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 96
- 2.46 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1695 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 91
- 1.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1695 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 1.66 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1695 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.67 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1694 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.02 km E of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1693 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 1.95 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1692 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.52 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1691 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 2.3Oklahoma · 1690 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 1.77 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1689 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1688 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 7
- 2.16 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1688 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.95 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 1688 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
- 2.16 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1687 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.66 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1687 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 2.06 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1686 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.87 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1686 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 5
Before
- 1.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1746 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1746 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.75 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1748 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.84 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 1748 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.95 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1748 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.0Oklahoma · 1749 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.64 km NNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 1749 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.77 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 1749 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1750 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.76 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1751 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 4
- 1.76 km W of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 1752 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.37 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1752 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 1.61 km W of Loyal, Oklahoma · 1755 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.99 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1757 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.916 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1758 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 1.816 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1758 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1758 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1758 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.110 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1759 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 3
- 1.810 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1760 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2021yhno. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:54 AM UTC.